Manpreet Kaur

Manpreet Kaur

Manpreet winning the Gold medal in 2017 Asian Athletics Championships, Bhubaneswar.
Personal information
Nationality Indian
Born (1996-03-05) 5 March 1996
Sport
Country India
Sport Shot put
Event(s) Athletics
Coached by Karamjit singh
Achievements and titles
Regional finals Indian
National finals
  • 2013 National Gold
Personal best(s) 15.76 (Gwangju 2015)
Medal record
Women's athletics
Representing  India
Asian Championships
2017 Bhubaneswar Shot put
Updated on 7 July 2017.

Manpreet Kaur (born 5 March 1996) is an Indian professional Olympic shot putter from Ambala.

On 10 January 2013, she won the gold medal in the +75 kg category by lifting an overall weight of 189 kg in the National Weightlifting Championship.[1] Her gold medal winning performance of 18.86m at Asian Grand Prix in Jinhua, China 2017 turned out to be a world leading throw, taking her to the No 1 spot in the world rankings.[2] She also holds Indian national record 17.96m in Women's Shot Put. Manpreet Kaur was qualified to represented India at Summer Olympics at Rio 2016 in Shot Put.[3]

Early life

Manpreet is the eldest of three siblings, her father was a farmer and died when she was 13 and in 2006 her mother was paralysed.[4] She developed an interest in atheletics through her brothers who were also into sports. One of our cousin brothers was a university-level 100m sprinter and other is a discuss thrower, while her sister-in-law was also a Shot putter.[4]

She initially trained for a year in the 100m, but her brother felt she would do better in shot put and she switched.[4]

She hails from Sahauli village from Patiala and works at the Indian Railways.[5]

Career

Kaur placed 9th in the 5th IAAF World Youth Championships in 2007 at Ostrova. In 2010, she took a 3-year hiatus and returned to break a 18-year-old national record in women's shotput. In 2015, she won the Gold medal at National Open Athletics Championship at Kolkata.[5]

2016 Summer Olympics

Kaur was the only Indian woman to qualify for the Rio 2016 Olympics in her field.[6] She scored a 17.96m throw at the 55th National Open Athletics Championship in Kolkata.[5][7][8]

Asian Grand Prix Athletics

Kaur clinched a gold in the first leg of the Asian Grand Prix Athletics Meet with a national record and world season-leading effort.[9] She came up with her best throw of 18.86m. With this performance, she also qualified for the IAAF World Championships to be held in August in London. The entry standard for women's shot put in the World Championships stands at 17.75m.[9] Kaur later took the Gold medal at the 2017 Asian Athletics Championships in Odisha in July.[10]

Personal

She is married to Karamjeet Singh, an university level shotputter who is also her trainer.[7] The couple have a daughter .[6][11]

References

  1. ↑ "Maiden National title for Manpreet Kaur". The Hindu. 11 January 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-11.
  2. ↑ "Manpreet Kaur wins shot put gold at Asian Grand Prix, leads world rankings". http://www.hindustantimes.com/. 2017-04-25. Retrieved 2017-07-13. External link in |work= (help)
  3. ↑ "Manpreet Kaur breaks record, qualifies for Rio". Nilesh Bhattacharya. Times of India. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 "From losing her father at age 13 to qualifying for The Olympics- the story of Manpreet Kaur". 4 March 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  5. 1 2 3 "Road to Rio: To win a medal, Manpreet Kaur needs to replicate national form at 2016 Olympics". Firstpost. 30 July 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  6. 1 2 "Manpreet Kaur Profile: Women’s shot put". The Indian Express. 28 July 2016. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  7. 1 2 "Manpreet Kaur breaks national shot put record on road to Rio Olympics". Firstpost. 17 September 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  8. ↑ "Shot putter Manpreet Kaur qualifies for 2016 Rio Olympics". 16 September 2015. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  9. 1 2 "Shot putter Manpreet wins gold at Asian Grand Prix, qualifies for World Championships – Times of India". The Times of India. Retrieved 2017-05-13.
  10. ↑ "Asian Athletics Odisha 2017". odisha2017.games. Retrieved 2017-07-13.
  11. ↑ "Who is Manpreet Kaur? Everything you need to know about India’s shot-put champion". 19 Jul 2017. Retrieved 21 Jul 2017.
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